Watching games on the Fox website

[Torc]

A while back @flv2 pointed out that NFC games can be watched on the Foxsports website, with a one hour timer that can be reset by flushing your DNS cache. Last weekend my antenna was being grumpy and I couldn't get any picture from Fox 12 in Portland at all. Usually NFL+ is our go-to, and just watch the live stream on our ipads, but for some reason that wasn't working either.

Long story short, the foxsports website worked great, and you don't even have to mess around with flushing the DNS cache. Just open your browser in incognito mode. When your free hour ends, close the browser and reopen it in incognito mode again.

Hopefully that's helpful to anyone in the Seahawks viewing area.

 

[BigMeach]

I was not aware of this. I've watched games via other methods but this is great. Thanks for the tip @Torc!

 

[olyfan63]

A while back @flv2 pointed out that NFC games can be watched on the Foxsports website, with a one hour timer that can be reset by flushing your DNS cache. Last weekend my antenna was being grumpy and I couldn't get any picture from Fox 12 in Portland at all. Usually NFL+ is our go-to, and just watch the live stream on our ipads, but for some reason that wasn't working either.

Long story short, the foxsports website worked great, and you don't even have to mess around with flushing the DNS cache. Just open your browser in incognito mode. When your free hour ends, close the browser and reopen it in incognito mode again.

Hopefully that's helpful to anyone in the Seahawks viewing area.

I'll give it a try!

 

[flv2]

If you do this and you have an ad or element blocker on your browser then add:

foxsports.com##.fs-14.uc.cl-wht.pvp-expires-timer

...to your customised blocklist to remove the annoying clock countdown on the screen. Adding:

foxsports.com##.entity-body
foxsports.com##.right-rail-content
foxsports.com##.fscom-footer

...will remove some of the clutter and ad-loading on the FOX website. That clutter might adversely effect your viewing experience by using up bandwidth which could cause buffering. Most adblocking software works fine. However, if you have the Ghostery add-on you will need to either disable it or whitelist the site.

6 of the remaining Seahawks games are scheduled to be on FOX so this stuff is worth knowing, even if it's just as a back-up plan.

 

[Torc]

Fox just started a streaming service for their sports, called FoxOne. It's $20 a month. It appears to, like Paramount/CBS, let you watch local channel streams live (you put in your zip code and it determines the local channels from that). I'm on the trial period so we'll see if I still get the live channels once that ends (they have two plans and I'm on the lower one).

Unlike the fox web site, you can watch it on your TV rather than just on a computer - so your Apple TV, Fire stick etc can run the fox client.

I've signed up and this is what we'll be using to watch most of the games this year instead of futzing around with an antenna with mixed results. We already subscribe to Paramount+ and Prime so we're covered on most of the games this season.

This year's games break down like this:
Fox - 7 games
CBS - 4 games (viewable if you have a paramount+ subscription)
Prime 2 games (included if you're an Amazon Prime member)
ESPN - 1 (ESPN must have a streaming service?)
NBC - 1 (viewable on the Peacock app)
2 games are on the flex schedule and the network isn't determined yet.

 

[kidhawk]

Fox just started a streaming service for their sports, called FoxOne. It's $20 a month. It appears to, like Paramount/CBS, let you watch local channel streams live (you put in your zip code and it determines the local channels from that). I'm on the trial period so we'll see if I still get the live channels once that ends (they have two plans and I'm on the lower one).

Unlike the fox web site, you can watch it on your TV rather than just on a computer - so your Apple TV, Fire stick etc can run the fox client.

I've signed up and this is what we'll be using to watch most of the games this year instead of futzing around with an antenna with mixed results. We already subscribe to Paramount+ and Prime so we're covered on most of the games this season.

This year's games break down like this:
Fox - 7 games
CBS - 4 games (viewable if you have a paramount+ subscription)
Prime 2 games (included if you're an Amazon Prime member)
ESPN - 1 (ESPN must have a streaming service?)
NBC - 1 (viewable on the Peacock app)
2 games are on the flex schedule and the network isn't determined yet.

ESPN does stream. They are ( or were) an add on to Disney+/Hulu but I think they are moving to a stand alone. Not sure of the specifics but I think prices start around $12.

 

[SPOHAWK]

I signed up for NFL.com...paid couldn't see ANY games! F the NFL...i'm cancelling!

 

[Seahawkfan80]

Most of the time for Seattle games, Boise carries them. KBOI is CBS, KIVI is ABC 6, KTVB is NBC for Sundaynightgames, and KNIN is Fox channel nine if you want to look at the locater channel thing mentioned above. I look at this to check the channel to see if they are on....https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings 83651 is one of the local zip codes. You are welcome.

 

[Torc]

I signed up for NFL.com...paid couldn't see ANY games! F the NFL...i'm cancelling!

Yeah, the NFL+ plan is pretty screwy. You can only watch live games on a mobile device. Sometimes it works on my ipad, sometimes my ipad isn't recognized as a "mobile" device. Streaming devices like the AppleTV do not qualify as mobile. Presseason has a whole different set of rules for viewing for some reason.

After the games are over, you can watch a replay of them on any device. We use that if we are not around during the game for some reason. They also make an abbreviated game available that is just the plays with all of the wait times cut out. they're generally about 45 minutes.

 

[SPOHAWK]

Yeah, the NFL+ plan is pretty screwy. You can only watch live games on a mobile device. Sometimes it works on my ipad, sometimes my ipad isn't recognized as a "mobile" device. Streaming devices like the AppleTV do not qualify as mobile. Presseason has a whole different set of rules for viewing for some reason.

After the games are over, you can watch a replay of them on any device. We use that if we are not around during the game for some reason. They also make an abbreviated game available that is just the plays with all of the wait times cut out. they're generally about 45 minutes.

Yeah I hate to resubscribe to Xfinity again AKA Comcast but I got to watch the hawks!

 

[Wolfiegrrl]

If you have a VPN, you can stream the Hawks through a few places for free. But you really need a VPN for that.

 

[flv2]

I've just tested this out on the 2025 Week 1 early games and you can STILL watch the FOX games on the foxsports website for free. If you have a VPN with a Seattle IP you will get the Seahawks game.